“Under the new tax plan, Ameren Illinois’ effective tax rate will decrease by nearly 13 percent,” said Richard Mark, chairman and president of Ameren Illinois. “The plan we have filed with the ICC gives us the ability to expedite the return of these savings to our customers.”

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The 2011 Energy Infrastructure Modernization Act, which allowed utilities to update the energy grid, allows utilities to return savings to electric customers. However without filing the petition, customers would have to wait until 2020 to receive the benefits, Ameren said. If approved by the ICC, Ameren Illinois customers would begin seeing these savings in March.

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